Diana T. Soorikian
EDUCATION
MFA Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
BFA University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2014 VIRIDIAN Artists, Inc., New York, N.Y. 45th Anniversary Show
2013 Westbeth Gallery, New York, N.Y., Diverse Views: 13 works
2010 New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, N.J.: New Jersey Arts Annual: 6 month juried show
2010 Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, N.J.: 24th International Juried Show
2008 Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, N.J.: 22nd International Juried Show
2007 Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, N.J.: 21st International Juried Show
2006 Columbia University, New York, N.Y.: MFA Graduates-‐3 Decades of Columbia
Visual Artists (J. Neuner, MOMA juror)
2004 Rutgers University, Camden, N.J.: New Jersey Fellowship Prize Winners
2003 Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, N.J.: Group Exhibition
2002 Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, N.J.: Group Exhibition Fundraiser
Manhattanville College, Westchester, N.Y.: Group Exhibition
DFN Gallery, New York, N.Y.
VIRIDIAN Artists, Inc., New York, N.Y.
2001 Denise Bibro Fine Arts, New York, N.Y.: Invitational
Onward Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1999 MAPRA Maison des Arts Plastiques, Lyon, France
Albright Knox Members Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.
Monmouth Museum, Monmouth, N.J.: Juried Show
John Jay College, New York, N.Y.: Group Show
1998 The Puffin Cultural Forum. Teaneck, N.J.
Heckscher Museum, Roslyn, N.Y.
Albright Knox Members Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.
Gallery 128, New York, N.Y.
1997 Mt. St. Vincent College, Riverdale, N.Y.
1996 Mid-‐Atlantic Artists, Haverford, PA: P. Murphy, juror
CCI GALLERY, Boston, MA
Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson College of New Jersey, Wayne, N.J.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Gallery, Boston, MA
1994 Phoenix Gallery, New York, N.Y.: Juried Show
Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1993 Walsh Gallery, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
1992 Centro Cultural, Buenos Aires, Argentina
City College of New York, New York, N.Y. Marymount College, New York, N.Y.
1988 Monmouth Museum, Monmouth, N.J.
Nabisco Gallery, Hanover, N.J.
1985 Newark Museum, Newark, N.J.: Juried Annual
1981 Newark Museum, Newark, N.J. Juried Annual
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Johnson & Johnson Gallery, Johnson & Johnson Headquarters, New Brunswick, N.J.
2007 Fairleigh Dickinson University, Edward Williams Gallery, Hackensack, N.J.
2001 Fairleigh Dickinson University, Edward Williams Gallery, Hackensack, N.J.
2000 Viridian Artists, Inc., New York, N.Y.
1997 Viridian Artists, Inc., New York, N.Y.
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Edward Williams Gallery, Hackensack, N.J.
1994 Viridian Artists, Inc., New York, N.Y.
1988 Maurice M. Pine Gallery, Fairlawn, N.J.
1987 Rutgers University, Douglas College, New Brunswick, N.J.
1986 William Carlos Williams Center for the Arts, Rutherford, N.J.
Cultural Arts Center for the Arts, YMHA, Wayne, N.J.
AWARDS & GRANTS
2002 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship
1996 Heicklen/Bogash Award, Haverford Art Center, Haverford, PA
1989 Terra International Symposium, Kikinda, Yugoslavia
1988 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship
1984 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship
1974 Purchase Prize, Governor’s Awards, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, N.J.
1972 Eloise Egan Memorial Award, Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, CT
BIBLIOGRAPHY
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Graduate Fine Arts Web site: 2006 – present (images and artist’s statement)
THE VILLAGER , Feb./Mar., 2013, Vol.82 #39, painting reproduction & review
GALLERY GUIDE, NY/NE, March 2013, reproduction & listing , p.25
EXCERPTS FROM THE ARCHIVE, “From Postwar to Postmodernism”, Garth Graeper, Columbia University, 2006, page 29
ARARAT, A Quarterly, Volume XL11, 2001, Anne Bonadies, “Diana Soorikian, Artist” GALLERY & STUDIO, “Diana Soorikian’s Disconcerting & Powerful Putti”, Byron Coleman, September/October 2000
LE PROGRESS, Daily press, a review of Lyon exhibition, May 31, 1999, Lyon, France NEWARK STAR LEDGER, “New Jersey Artists Forum”, Eileen Watkins, February 19,1996 “FIGURES AND FRAGMENTS”, Debbie Stein, monograph, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1995
“ARTS WALKS IN NEW YORK”, Marina Harrison & Lucy Rosenfeld, Michael Kessand, publisher, New York, N.Y., 1994
NEWARK STAR LEDGER, “Faces & Fragments”, Eileen Watkins, December 8, 1986
THE RECORD, “The Horror and the Harmony”, John Zeaman, October 9, 1986
THE NEW YORK TIMES, “Self Portraits, Helen Harrison, December 1, 1985
AFFILIATION
Director, 2008 – present: Edward Williams Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, N.J.
Adjunct Professor, 1985-‐present: Cultural History. Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, N.J.
COLLECTIONS
New Jersey State Museum, Columbia University, Becton-‐Dickinson Corporation, Fairleigh Dickinson University. Private Collections: Nicosia, Cyprus; London, UK; Freeport, Bahamas; Santa Fe, N.M.; Ann Arbor, MI; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Watermill, N.Y.; Philadelphia, PA, etc.